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Officially renamed on Jan. 1, 2022, MVP Arena in downtown Albany has served as the exclusive home court for Siena Men's Basketball since 1997. Over that time, Siena's attendance has soared to new heights, bringing national acclaim to the mid-major program that competes in a major basketball setting. The Saints have ranked in the top-100 nationally in average home attendance for 26 consecutive seasons, and boasted the nation's top average attendance amongst all Northeast mid-major programs for three straight non-COVID impacted seasons from 2019-23 (2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23).
MVP Arena has helped Siena Basketball grow into the premier sports entity in New York's Capital Region. With over one million people to draw from, the Albany area has developed a national reputation as a booming college basketball town, and Siena has led the way.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships have been contested in Albany 20 times since Siena joined the conference in 1989, and have enjoyed record attendances. The MAAC Tournament returned to MVP Arena most recently for a five-year stint from 2015-19, with Siena again serving as the host school.
MVP Arena has also served as the venue to NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments, with Siena and the MAAC serving as co-hosts each year. The 1995 Men's First and Second Rounds, 2003 Men's East Regionals, 2015 Women's Regionals, 2018 Women's Regionals, 2019 Women's Regionals, 2023 Men's First and Second Rounds, and 2024 Women's Super Regionals were all contested at the facility, with the Syracuse men (2003), UConn women (2015), UConn men (2023), and South Carolina women (2024) making their National Championship runs in Albany.
Siena has hosted nine Postseason NIT games at MVP Arena, and four of those have drawn over 10,000 fans. The Saints' 10-point win over Tulane in the 1994 NIT was witnessed by a record 15,727 fans.
It is the consistent support the Siena program has received from its roughly 1,000 season ticket holders that makes these national events a reality.
The Saints have drawn nearly 2.8 million fans spanning 434 games played in their downtown home, marking an average of 6,411 spectators.
In 2009-10, the Saints welcomed a program-record 133,505 spectators through the MVP Arena doors, an average of 7,853 fans per game.
The Saints won three straight MAAC Championships and 38 straight games at MVP Arena from 2008-10. The 2010 MAAC Championships drew a record 53,569 fans, highlighted by a crowd of 10,679 for Siena's overtime victory over Fairfield in the title game.
In November of 2004, a sold-out crowd of 14,743 turned out for Siena's home game against defending National Champion Syracuse at MVP Arena, the largest crowd ever to witness a regular season Siena home game.
In 2002-03, Siena boasted the largest attendance figure in the nation per enrollment, and placed 66th among all Division I schools and fourth nationally for mid-major programs.
Siena's clash with crosstown foe UAlbany on December 1, 2012 marked the 30th 10,000-fan game the Saints have hosted.
Siena tallied its 2-millionth fan on December 23, 2014 against Cornell University.
The Saints are an impressive 265-132 (.660)* at MVP Arena since making the full time move to the facility in 1997-98. Siena returned to MVP Arena in 2021-22 following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after playing all of its home games during the 2020-21 season on campus at the UHY Center without spectators.
*A total of 24 home wins which occurred between Jan. 21, 2016 through the conclusion of the 2017-18 season were later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions
YEAR-BY-YEAR SIENA BASKETBALL
MVP ARENA ATTENDANCE |
| Season |
Games |
Attendance |
Average |
| 1990-91 |
6$& |
64,177 |
10,699 |
| 1991-92 |
3& |
22,185 |
7,395 |
| 1992-93 |
3& |
21,480 |
7,160 |
| 1993-94 |
6#& |
56,596 |
9,433 |
| 1994-95 |
5% |
24,159 |
4,831 |
| 1995-96 |
7% |
23,955 |
3,422 |
| 1996-97 |
7 |
25,645 |
3,663 |
| 1997-98 |
16+ |
90,126 |
5,632 |
| 1998-99 |
13 |
82,320 |
6,332 |
| 1999-00 |
18#+ |
125,255 |
6,959 |
| 2000-01 |
13 |
83,213 |
6,401 |
| 2001-02 |
17* |
112,359 |
6,609 |
| 2002-03 |
17$ |
125,156 |
7,362 |
| 2003-04 |
16+ |
104,444 |
6,528 |
| 2004-05 |
13 |
83,723 |
6,440 |
| 2005-06 |
14% |
78,378 |
5,598 |
| 2006-07 |
14 |
81,670 |
5,834 |
| 2007-08 |
17+ |
110,012 |
6,471 |
| 2008-09 |
17+ |
127,453 |
7,497 |
| 2009-10 |
17+ |
133,505 |
7,853 |
| 2010-11 |
15 |
114,383 |
7,626 |
| 2011-12 |
14 |
91,128 |
6,509 |
| 2012-13 |
14 |
89,053 |
6,361 |
| 2013-14 |
17! |
102,459 |
6,027 |
| 2014-15 |
16& |
99,872 |
6,242 |
| 2015-16 |
17&@ |
106,580 |
6,269 |
| 2016-17 |
16+ |
97,238 |
6,077 |
| 2017-18 |
16% |
95,490 |
5,968 |
| 2018-19 |
16& |
92,276 |
5,767 |
| 2019-20 |
14 |
87,188 |
6,228 |
| 2020-21* |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2021-22 |
13 |
71,741 |
5,519 |
| 2022-23 |
13 |
83,393 |
6,415 |
| 2023-24 |
14 |
72,640 |
5,189 |
| Totals |
434 |
2,782,351 |
6,411 |
|
| ^ Includes one NIT game |
| # Includes two NIT games |
| $ Includes three NIT games |
| % Includes one MAAC Tournament game |
| & Includes two MAAC Tournament games |
| + Includes three MAAC Tournament games |
| * Includes four MAAC Tournament games |
| ! Includes three College Basketball Invitational games |
| @ Includes one College Basketball Invitational game |
| *Siena played all of its home games during the 2020-21 season on campus at the UHY Center without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Siena's Crowds of 10,000 or more at MVP Arena
| 15,727 |
vs. Tulane * |
3/22/94 |
W, 89-79 |
| 14,743 |
vs. Syracuse |
11/27/04 |
L, 78-56 |
| 14,084 |
vs. UMass * |
3/21/91 |
L, 82-80 (OT) |
| 13,262 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/1/07 |
W, 75-71 |
| 13,251 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/6/08 |
W, 71-64 |
| 12,960 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/5/09 |
W, 83-54 |
| 12,808 |
vs. Georgia Tech * |
3/16/94 |
W, 76-68 |
| 12,231 |
vs. Canisius % |
3/3/90 |
W, 71-53 |
| 12,117 |
vs. Pittsburgh |
11/28/90 |
L, 82-80 |
| 11,844 |
vs. Iona % |
3/6/00 |
L, 84-80 |
| 11,797 |
vs. UAlbany |
11/21/03 |
W, 71-50 |
| 11,691 |
vs. LaSalle % |
3/4/90 |
L, 106-90 |
| 11,672 |
vs. UAlbany |
11/22/02 |
W, 79-75 |
| 11,488 |
vs. Manhattan |
1/28/94 |
L, 98-73 |
| 11,477 |
vs. South Carolina * |
3/19/91 |
W, 63-58 |
| 11,374 |
vs. Marist |
1/30/99 |
W, 84-78 |
| 11,311 |
vs. UAlbany |
11/8/13 |
L, 74-62 |
| 11,271 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/2/06 |
W, 76-75 (OT) |
| 11,065 |
vs. Canisius % |
3/2/91 |
W, 76-62 |
| 10,808 |
vs. Iona % |
3/3/91 |
L, 95-90 (OT) |
| 10,790 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/12/15 |
W, 78-70 |
| 10,753 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/4/10 |
L, 88-82 (OT) |
| 10,679 |
vs. Fairfield % |
3/8/10 |
W, 72-65 (OT) |
| 10,677 |
vs. Manhattan % |
3/6/94 |
L, 65-58 |
| 10,671 |
vs. Xavier |
12/23/02 |
L, 96-88 |
| 10,667 |
vs. Iona % |
3/2/98 |
L, 90-75 |
| 10,285 |
vs. UAlbany |
11/27/01 |
W, 60-48 |
| 10,284 |
vs. Niagara |
2/24/01 |
L, 69-65 |
| 10,278 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/13/14 |
L,77-68 |
| 10,229 |
vs. UAlbany |
12/1/12 |
L, 69-56 |
| 10,223 |
vs. Niagara % |
3/7/92 |
W, 83-57 |
| 10,166 |
vs. Fairfield % |
3/5/94 |
W, 84-73 |
| 10,043 |
vs. Canisius % |
2/28/98 |
W, 87-83 |
|
| * National Invitation Tournament |
| % MAAC Tournament |
| All Time Record at MVP Arena |
| Season |
Wins |
Losses |
Percentage |
| 1990-91 |
3 |
3 |
.500 |
| 1991-92 |
1 |
2 |
.333 |
| 1992-93 |
1 |
2 |
.333 |
| 1993-94 |
4 |
2 |
.667 |
| 1994-95 |
2 |
3 |
.400 |
| 1995-96 |
1 |
6 |
.143 |
| 1996-97 |
3 |
4 |
.429 |
| 1997-98 |
12 |
4 |
.750 |
| 1998-99 |
12 |
1 |
.923 |
| 1999-00 |
16 |
2 |
.889 |
| 2000-01 |
11 |
2 |
.846 |
| 2001-02 |
12 |
5 |
.706 |
| 2002-03 |
11 |
6 |
.647 |
| 2003-04 |
9 |
7 |
.563 |
| 2004-05 |
3 |
10 |
.231 |
| 2005-06 |
10 |
4 |
.714 |
| 2006-07 |
10 |
4 |
.714 |
| 2007-08 |
13 |
4 |
.765 |
| 2008-09 |
17 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2009-10 |
17 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2010-11 |
8 |
7 |
.533 |
| 2011-12 |
10 |
4 |
.714 |
| 2012-13 |
4 |
10 |
.286 |
| 2013-14 |
13 |
4 |
.765 |
| 2014-15 |
6 |
10 |
.375 |
| 2015-16 |
13* |
4 |
.765 |
| 2016-17 |
11* |
5 |
.688 |
| 2017-18 |
7* |
9 |
.438 |
| 2018-19 |
8 |
8 |
.500 |
| 2019-20 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2020-21* |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2021-22 |
8 |
5 |
.615 |
| 2022-23 |
8 |
5 |
.615 |
| 2023-24 |
2 |
12 |
.143 |
| Totals |
280* |
154 |
.645 |
*All 18 home wins during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, as well as the final six home victories to conclude the 2015-16 season, were later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions
*Siena played all of its home games during the 2020-21 season on campus at the UHY Center without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic
